Toy World

by Cardiacs

Toy World cover art

Cardiacs' early cassette-era release 'Toy World' captures the group before its later cult consolidation, already displaying Tim Smith's dense, hyperactive writing. The album's rough recording and abrupt structural shifts foreshadow the band's distinctive fusion of punk energy, prog complexity, and theatrical eccentricity.

Genres

  • Art Punk
  • Post-Punk
  • Zolo

Tracklist

  1. Aukamacic
  2. Over (Outtake)
  3. Icky Qualms
  4. Over + Over + Over + Over
  5. Dead Mouse
  6. A Big Noise In A Toy World
  7. Trademark
  8. Scratching Crawling Scrawling
  9. As Cold As Can Be In An English Sea
  10. ...Verses (Outtake)
  11. Is This The Life?
  12. Nurses Whispering Verses
  13. A Time For Rejoicing